Reprocessing altimeter data records along European coasts: lessons learned from the ALTICORE Project

A coastal-oriented processing strategy has been developed in the Northwestern part of the Mediterranean Sea and has showed that improved altimetry in the costal ocean is feasible and could be extended to other regions. In this work, we will provide an overview of current capabilities and challenges of existing altimetry products in Black, Caspian, White and Barents seas, in the prospect of increasing the quantity and quality of data in these regions. With respect to the work done in the project called ALTICORE (ALTImetry for COastal REgions – www.alticore.eu), the obstacles limiting the use of the data and the possible areas of improvement are highlighted and discussed.